The full and official name of the Organization shall be the Asian- Oceanian Computing Industry Organization.

The registered office of the Organization will be: 17th Fl, TIME 24 Bldg., 2-45, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8073, Japan. Where practicable, the Secretariat of the Organization will be located at the economy of the President or at such location and for such period of time as determined by the General Assembly from time to time and be staffed by such number of employees as the General Assembly may approve.

A. The Organization shall be a non-profit oriented organization with the following objectives:-

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Any association whose objectives are consistent with the Organization may apply to be a Member. Application for Membership from any association must be in writing to the General Assembly giving such details as may be required. Applicant should be interviewed at Plenary Meeting. The General Assembly shall have absolute discretion in determining the acceptance or other wise of any application for Membership.

Admission of new Members shall enquire approval by no less than two-thirds majority of the General Assembly.

Multiple Memberships for an economy shall be considered on a case by case basis. Once admitted, an economy with multiple Memberships will have only one vote subject to Article 21, by nominating one delegate who would be empowered to vote at the General Assembly. Each Member of a multiple member economy should pay the Membership fee, which will be the full fee allocated to their economy.

Membership of the Organization will not be effective until receipt of such dues as are required to be paid.

New Members shall only be admitted at a General Assembly Meeting.

Only an association from an economy outside the Asia-Oceanic Region is eligible to apply to be a guest member. Application for guest membership must be in writing to the General Meeting giving such details as may be required. Guest membership shall only be limited to one association for each economy. Guest membership will be offered to the association only on a reciprocal basis.

Eligible applicants will be interviewed at Plenary Meeting. The Vice President who is in charge of Membership matters shall be responsible for recommending suitable applicants for guest membership at General Assembly meetings. The General Assembly shall have absolute discretion in determine the acceptance or otherwise of any application for guest membership. Admission of guest members shall require approval by no less than two-thirds majority of the General Assembly.

Guest members are allowed to attend the General Assembly meetings but they shall not have the right to vote at such meetings. Guest members are exempted from the payment of fees and subscriptions which Members are required to pay.

Guest members will be exempted from paying the registration fee attending ASOCIO General Assembly meeting on the basis of one individual per association.

Should the necessity arise, guest membership shall be terminated in such cases as, for example, cancellation of reciprocity. The Vice President in charge of Membership should make the necessary recommendation to the Chairman of the General Assembly. Approval for the termination of guest membership shall require approval by the simple majority.

All Articles contained in this Statute affecting Members shall apply to guest members provided that they are not inconsistent with this Article 5A.

Membership of the General Assembly shall be the number of persons duly elected as authorized representatives.

However, regardless of the number of Authorized Representatives from an economy, there shall be only one vote exercisable on behalf of all Authorized Representatives from that economy.

The total number of such votes shall form the basis for the determination of a quorum.

Every association shall, upon being admitted to Membership, give written notice to the General Assembly nominating a person from among its own members to be its Authorized Representative at the General Assembly. All authorized Representatives are required to present their credentials at every General Assembly meeting. An association shall be entitled to have an Authorized Representative and a name Alternate. Meeting may be attended by both Authorized Representative and his Alternate. An association shall notify the General Assembly of any change in its Authorized Representative or his alternate or both as the case may be.

Every association whose application for Membership has been approved by the General Assembly shall prior to granting of Membership, pay such fees as may for the time being be determined by the General Assembly.

The liability of Members is limited to not more than one year of the then current annual subscription except as may be agreed to from time to time by the unanimous vote of the General Assembly.

Subject to the provision of Article 25, the income and property of the Organization whensoever derived shall be applied solely to the promotion of the objects of the Organization as set forth in this Statute and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or howsoever by way of profit to the Members.

The rights of any Member shall not be transferable and shall cease upon the said Member ceasing from whatever cause to be a Member of the Organization.

C. Every Member should be bound: -

i) To pay such fees, subscriptions, levies and as shall from time to time be fixed in accordance with these presents;

ii) To observe the provisions of these presents.

i) He is expelled from Membership in accordance with the provision of Article 14;

ii) He ceases to qualify in accordance with the provisions of Article 5;

iii) He fails to pay such dues as approved by the General Assembly within three months from date of call;

iv) He resigns pursuant to Article 13 hereof;

v) He becomes adjudicated a bankrupt or compounds with his creditors;

vi) He enters into liquidation for any purpose other than amalgamation and reconstruction.

The General Assembly may at any time require any Member to provide in such manner satisfactory proof of his continued eligibility for Membership.

The General Assembly, by unanimous vote, may agree to the exemption of a Member from the provisions of Article 12(C) on the basis of extenuating financial circumstances.

Any Member may resign from the Organization by giving notice to the Secretary by registered airmail, of his decision to do so, and upon the expiration of his notice and subject to the full settlement of any amount due and outstanding, he shall cease to be a Member.

A. If in the judgment of the General Assembly that a Member:

i) Has failed persistently in comply with the statues, by laws, rules and regulation and resolutions of the General Assembly.

ii) Has conducted himself in manner likely to bring discredit to the Organization and prejudicial to the interest of the Organization and any Member thereof.

The General Assembly may in its absolute discretion require the said Member to furnish an exculpatory statement to the General Assembly with such period of time as may be determined by the General Assembly giving reasons why he should not be expelled from Membership. If no such exculpatory explanation was received by the due date and if the General Assembly by no less than two-thirds majority, consider the explanation unsatisfactory, the General Assembly shall expel such Member from the Organization.

Provided that General Assembly shall not be precluded from taking any action of a lesser severity as it may in its absolute judgment decide.

A. Any officer of the Organization may be removed from office if in the judgment of the General Assembly that officer:

i) Has persistently not fully or properly discharge his duties as an officer of the Organization;

ii) Is incapable of performing his duties; or

iii) Is otherwise proven to be unsuitable to hold office.

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A. The General Assembly is the supreme authority of the Organization. The business of the Organization shall be managed by the General Assembly and shall include the following: -

i) Authority of employ staff and enter into agreement in connection with the establishment of offices;

ii) Approve annual and such other budgets as may relate to the work of the Organization;

iii) Approve programs of activities for the Organization;

iv) Establish committees or other such like for the purpose of carrying out the Organization's business or in its interest and to lay down such terms of reference for their operation as considered appropriate;

v) Create all necessary by-laws, rules and regulations as may be appropriate for the proper conduct of business of the Organization;

vi) Undertake all actions as provided under the Articles of the Statute.

The General Assembly may delegate any of its powers to such authorized representatives, committees or any group of persons to implement the objectives of the Organization provided that any committee or group of persons specified must include no less than one current authorized representative of the General Assembly.

The General Assembly shall determine not later than four calendar months prior to the end of the current financial year, the amount of annual subscriptions, other fees, and contingent liability as may be budgeted, payable by Members for the succeeding financial year.

The financial year of the Organization shall be the calendar year.

A minimum of 90 days notice shall be given to all meetings

The quorum for the General Assembly shall be two-thirds of the total votes as referred to in Article 6. The quorum can be achieved by members being:

(a) physically present,

(b) virtually present on a telecommunication connection (either phone or VOIP), or

(c) by proxy. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, under the hand of the appointer or if the appointer is a corporation, either under seal or under hand of an officer duly authorized.

Voting right of Multiple Membership shall be considered on a case by case basis.

The businesses to be transacted at each General Assembly meeting shall be: -

i) Receiving of reports from the offices of the Organization.

ii) Receiving of reports from such committees as may have been delegated the authority of the General Assembly under Article 16.

iii) Receiving of financial reports for audited accounts as the case may be.

iv) Approval of financial budgets.

v) Approval of program activities.

vi) Election of officers as appropriate.

vii) Memberships matters.

viii) Any other business.

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i) Select one of the Vice President to assume the office of Deputy President. Upon assumption of such office, that Vice President shall be known as and be referred to as the Organization's "Deputy President";

ii) Select one of the Vice President to assume the office of Secretary. Upon assumption of such office, that Vice President shall be known as and be referred to as the Organization's "Vice President & Secretary"; and

iii) Select one of the Vice President to assume the office of Treasurer. Upon assumption of such office, that Vice President shall be known as and be referred to as the Organization's "Vice President & Treasurer" provided always that the council shall not select from among them as Treasurer & Vice President who had already served as Treasurer in the immediately preceding council.

The council shall co-opt the host association of the immediate forthcoming General Assembly automatically as a Vice President from the closing of the General Assembly meeting at which the host association has been appointed to the closing of the immediate forthcoming General Assembly meeting. Where the host association is replaced for whatever reason, the new host association shall automatically be a Vice President from the date of the replacement up to and including the closing of the immediate forthcoming General Assembly meeting. Notwithstanding Article 23.C above, the Vice President co-opted into the Council under this clause shall not have the right to vote in any deliberation of the council if there is already on the council a Vice President who is a member or affiliate of the same member that the co-opted Vice President belongs to; otherwise, the co-opted Vice President shall have 1 vote as with the other council members.

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Upon completion of his term of office or extended term of office as the case may be, the President shall step down and shall not offer himself nor shall he be eligible for re-election until at least after a passage of two years has passed.

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The Immediate Past President shall be a member of the council but will not have any voting rights and will serve in the capacity as an advisor.

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The Deputy President shall perform all the functions of the President in the event that the President is unable to do so for any reason or has been removed from office in accordance with the provisions of Article 14A

In accordance with the provision of Article 23C.A and 23C.B the Vice Presidents nominated and appointed by the council as Secretary and Treasurer may offer themselves for re-election and shall be deemed to be offering themselves for re-election as a Vice President of the association and if elected shall hold office as a Vice President unless they are nominated and appointed by the council once again to various Office appointments.

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Any person who wishes to stand for election for any of the positions shall submit a completed nomination form to the Secretary on Nomination Day. The Secretary may only reject a nomination form so submitted if the form was not completed in its entirety, or is otherwise materially deficient or where such nomination would be in violation of this Statute. Once the nomination has been accepted, that person shall be referred to as a "Candidate".

Election, if required, shall take place during the General Assembly. The General Assembly may from time to time adopt rules governing the behavior of Candidates during the period between Nomination Day and the date of the General Assembly.

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In the event that there is more than one Candidate for the office of the President and none of the Candidates is the incumbent President, there shall be an election and the authorized representatives shall cast their votes during the General Assembly. The Candidate who obtains the most number of votes, regardless of percentage, shall be elected as the President of the Organization and shall hold office for a period of two years.

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The financial and budgetary policies of the Organization shall be determined by the General Assembly from time to time. The accounts of the Organization shall be kept with such bank or banks as the officers may from time to time determine. All monies received for the account of the Organization shall be paid into its banking account in the first instance. All cheque and instruments drawn upon the Organization's account shall be signed by such persons as the General Assembly may from time to time authorize.

The officers shall cause proper books of account to be kept in such manner as to give a true and fair view of the state of the Organization's finance affairs, in particular, the budgeted expenditure as approved by the General Assembly and the actual expenditure incurred. The books of accounts shall be kept at the registered office of the Organization or at such other place or places and the officers think fit and such books of accounts are open to inspection by Members. The offices shall cause to be laid before the General Assembly an audited statement of account together with the report of the auditors, for the preceding financial year no later than six months after the end of the preceding financial year.

Exceptionally, Members of the Organization may, subject to the concurrence of the General Assembly, request for a separate firm of duly certified public auditors to carry out an additional audit.

Any decision of the General Assembly which causes conflict with the laws of any economy shall be deemed null and void for the said Member and he is not bound by the provisions of this Statute in respect of such a decision.

The interpretation given by the General Assembly to any point arising from the Statute shall be deemed to be final and no further appeal shall be entertained.

The official language by which the business of the Organization shall be transacted is English, but the use of other languages through provisions of simultaneous interpretation services is not prohibited provided that the provision of such services in any circumstance is not mandatory.

Article 33: Termination

The Organization shall terminate when the total number of Members falls below three.